From owner-rockhounds-digest@drizzle.com Sun Jul 23 14:58:04 2000 Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 23:49:02 -0700 From: rockhounds-digest Reply-To: rockhounds@drizzle.com To: rockhounds-digest@drizzle.com Subject: rockhounds-digest V1 #446 rockhounds-digest Monday, May 15 2000 Volume 01 : Number 446 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 02:03:00 PDT From: "kevin wright" Subject: RE: Rhetorical Rockhound Question Walter, It seems as though you have painted a rather bleak picture of small mining operations. Are you saying that rockhounds in general are going to break the law and practice basic dishonesty? You did call these highgraders "rockhounds". Since you went along to the site with the mine owners weren't you in effect on a field trip as a rockhound? Open day at a mine would entail the owner or representative being present at the site. How does this bear a resemblance to the scene you described? Also, the small mine owners might actually apreciate the chance to sell to those who obviously took the time and effort to show up. I believe a there is a distinct difference between a recreational hobbyist such as a rockhound and highgrading thieves such as you have described. cordially, Kevin Wright >From: Walter Mroch >Reply-To: rockhounds@drizzle.com >To: rockhounds@drizzle.com >CC: rocks-and-fossils@world.std.com >Subject: RE: Rhetorical Rockhound Question >Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 19:26:21 -0700 > >I am aware of the practicality of engaging in public relations and goodwill >for giant mining companies but not all mines are not operated by megamine >companies. Many if not most are probably run by small, independent groups >of individuals or companies. The mines that have been addressed are >effectively private property, have security and lots of people working and >keeping watch. They have lots of resources. > >For the small mine owner with claims or mines on public lands this an >entirely different scenario. It would be completely impractical for the >proposed "open" days since many miners are part time and they are >effectively open to any highgraders (yes these are rockhounds too) while >the miners are not there. This situation is rampant and signs do little to >deter the highgraders. You can tell people that they need to respect claims >and can only look at what is going on since they can legally walk across >the public lands. If there is anything of value on the claims since it >would be a miracle of no material was removed. The pegmatite mines in >Southern California have all kinds of people trying to break in all the >time. > >Removal of material from a mining claim is considered a felony. Removal of >signs and cornerposts is also against the law. You can serve 5 years in >prison if the mine owner can prove that the material was ill gotten and >decides to prosecute. > >I see little incentive to have "open" days at a small mine having seen a >small mining company go thru the headaches of highgraders. I personally >went on a trip with other owners to some claims on state lands >(the case is the same for public lands). Heavy equipment was used as part >of the approved mining plan and all the essential elements were in place. >Upon driving up to the actual digging area we encountered a vehicle and two >people digging. The individuals had screens and shovels and the proper >tools for digging and had been there before by their own admission. We >asked them if they had permission from the owners to dig there. They said >no but they thought it was open for collecting. All the signs were knocked >down. Our response was "Do you think that people with hand tools put this >100 by 40 foot pad, moved tons of rock and exposed the working face with >hand tools? " > >Answer - NO. We replied "Well we are the claim owners and we would >appreciate it if you left the property. This is a private claim that we are >developing." They left reluctantly and were videotaped by one of the other >partners that was further down the hill. The expression on their faces was >not one of joy. This was only one incident. Nearly every time the miners go >out to start mining they find rockhounds. The story is usually the same and >they would basically tell us that they had been digging there for years. >The miners replied "That's rather interesting since we only opened the >ground up 12 months ago." They then ask them to leave. > >Highgrading on public lands or state lands claimed by small miner owners >have not got a chance unless they are present on their claims 100% of the >time. There are too many violators out there. So again the question, "Why >should the small miner allow collectors?" > >There is ZERO benefit to the small miner. > >All the small miner can do is take heavy equipment and cover up their >workings every time they plan to be gone for any length of time. They have >no other protection than diligence. > >Walter Mroch > >Gem and Mineral Exploration Company >PMB 373 >4141 Ball Road >Cypress, CA 90630 > >gameco@gemandmineral.com > >http://www.gemandmineral.com >http://www.gemandmineral.net >http://www.gemandmineral.org > > >################################################################# ># To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # ># to with the following keys: # ># subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # ># To post, send mail to # >################################################################# ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:13:27 -0400 From: "tjokela" Subject: field trip report, Dundas Quarry, Ontario Sunday was a CCFMS organized field trip into the Dundas Quarry, near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Thanks to the organizers, Bob & Joyce Piech, for getting us in once again. I didn't count the number of cars, but attendance was pretty high, with a lot of Americans from the Buffalo club. Dundas is a giant open pit, quarried for limestone, for use as flux in the steel industry, for the last seventy years. Collecting consists of examining the boulders strewn across the floor, or combing thru the piles of smaller rubble and the talus slopes. The mineralogy is pretty simple, generally fluorite, calcite, marcasite, sphalerite, galena, and so on. Collecting wasn't great this trip, for me at least. Whereas usually at Dundas we find more sphalerite than we could ever use, it seemed that the right resinous black crystals were strangely scarce on this trip. I found a couple of decent TN sized sphalerites, and some unusually brilliant brassy small marcasite crystals, which should be gorgeous under the scope. A nice fluorite boulder was located, and joy of joys it was beautifully cracked and ready to be opened. This was pretty unusual, most well-mineralized boulders are the size of cars and very solid. I spent most of the day on this boulder, retreiving a few nice 3 cm pale yellow cubes of fluorite from a vug within it. Some smaller xls came out as well, but the vugs seemed to be too small for much fluorite to grow into nice xls. The surprising thing about this trip was that quarrying operations seem to be back into the sulfate-bearing rock, and celestine and gypsum were in evidence. One boulder was noticed with a couple of 7 cm celestine blades, a fellow collector mentioned finding a nice doubly terminated 3 cm xl, and I came across a few almost decent TN sized xls myself. I also picked up a few white nodules of massive gypsum to maybe 10 cm, not terribly interesting mineralogically but still something I haven't seen in the quarry in years. I examined a lot of rock taken right from the top of the formation, and it was almost completely barren of minerals, so I'm not sure where the sulfate-rich zone is. So, even though it seems as though the quarry is poor in sulfides at the moment, the resurgence of sulfates bodes well for the future, and with luck we will once again be finding superb glassy blue celestines. Cheers, Tim Jokela Jr tjokela@execulink.com http://www.element51.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 08:03:32 -0700 From: Walter Mroch Subject: Kevin's Interpretation No I went along as a member of the Board of Directors. I did not imply that all rockhounds are dishonest but rather that small miners need to have a way to defend their rights. Most arguments presented are describing what is simple for large mining companies. Small miners can not quantify and categorize every person that goes to their claims. I understand the difference between a rockhound and a highgrader and do not equate one with the other. However, now take the other side of the your position - that some rockhounds are highgraders. The problem is that there is sometimes a very fine line between the two. Regarding the "open day" concept the small miner already faces an open day every time he is not present on the property. Having these open days may provide goodwill to the honest rockhounds but by no means solves his basic problem. The mine owner can take his minerals to shows and sell them. The mere ability to buy minerals on site does not guarantee that you can collect. If rockhounds asked permission they might be allowed on more property however only a handful ever have asked and in the case of our claims ignore all signage that states it is a working claim. If the claim were littered with gold nuggets are you implying that I could leave the claims alone and noone would remove any even if they just went up to look? Philosophical and logical arguments are one thing but reality on a small mining claim presents an entirely different picture. I am afraid that philosophy does little to prevent thievery. Believe me the thieves wont listen to your philosophy. Walter Mroch Gem and Mineral Exploration Company PMB 373 4141 Ball Road Cypress, CA 90630 gameco@gemandmineral.com http://www.gemandmineral.com http://www.gemandmineral.net http://www.gemandmineral.org ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 10:39:20 -0500 From: Todd Sanders Subject: Wyoming Dig Sites I stumbled across this today. May be of some interest. Check out the sites at http://wyomingtourism.org/wbc/a_dig_sites_1271.html Todd Sanders ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:02:20 -0700 From: Ron Winter Subject: WRTFarm Status Report 5152000.1 Greetings: As of last Sunday (Happy Mother's Day!) approximately ten miles up the White River Tree Farm Mainline vehicular access still blocked by snow. Blockage spots are around two to three feet deep, somewhat soggy in spots, and generally extend between fifty to two hundred feet of road. The road is holding more snow than the surrounding terrain, but it won't be long before 4x4's can navigate the blockage without sliding off the road into the abyss. Encountered a slight warm rain at maximum elevation. What does it all mean? If current climatic trends continue or improve, access *could* be possible to collecting sites in one to four weeks. - -- Regards, Ron Winter, Auburn, Washington. Administrator, Protection Paralegals. FAA Liaison; AA Technical Electronics; Epistler. In search of: The Mother of All Geodes! www: http://home1.gte.net/corbomyt/ mailto:corbomyt@gte.net "Coprolite Happens" Copyright © Circa 2000 Ron Winter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 12:17:45 EDT From: CECorrigan@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Massachusetts minerals and locations - --part1_46.55b26cf.26517d29_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --part1_46.55b26cf.26517d29_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: From: CECorrigan@aol.com Full-name: CECorrigan Message-ID: <28.59a5ff5.265177e8@aol.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:55:20 EDT Subject: Massachusetts minerals and locations To: rockhound@drizzle.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Unknown Hi...All you beginners or long time mineral collectors..Just wanted to tell you a little of what Massachusetts has in the way of minerals. We have some rare and nice minerals..With babingtonite in Hardwick at shaft 10...Very nice margerite at the Chester Emery mines and also some very nice copper and lead minerals at the Manhan Lead Mines at Easthampton...Wulfenites,Linarites,promorphites,Cerrusites,barites plus much more..Well that all for now..Hope we can get some mineral talk going..Its that time of year to start getting your tools out and digging those minerals...Well please keep it going......Christopher from Framingham...Boy I love those babingtonites and wulfenites..Have a nice digging day.... - --part1_46.55b26cf.26517d29_boundary-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 09:18:53 -0700 From: Ron Winter Subject: Re: Lucky find.... Aaron Fox wrote: > I was up working along a pipeline right of way today, and found an > enormous pegamtitic glacial errattic. About the size of 3 Ford Expiditions > side by side. Not terribly vuggy, but huge chunks of amphibole. Perfect > crystals, up to ~6-8 wide, and not terribly weathered. Very keen. > Makes wet days like today worth working! Thank you for the *Lucky Find* report, let me know if you need a dump truck to carry it in :~) - -- Regards, Ron Winter, Auburn, Washington. Administrator, Protection Paralegals. FAA Liaison; AA Technical Electronics; Epistler. In search of: The Mother of All Geodes! www: http://home1.gte.net/corbomyt/ mailto:corbomyt@gte.net "Coprolite Happens" Copyright © Circa 2000 Ron Winter ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:36:16 -0500 From: "Ray Prater, Jr." Subject: Rock Swap in Rolla, MO The Central Missouri Mineral, Fossil, and Gem Society will be sponsoring its fifth annual Rock Swap on May 20-21, 2000 at the Central Missouri Regional Fairgrounds, south of Rolla, MO. The swap will be open to the public and there will be no admission charge. The swap will be open from 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturday and from 10 AM to 3 PM on Sunday. The swap will be in a building with no interior partitions, which will give us flexibility in setting up spaces for each swapper. The swap building will be open the evening of Friday, May 19 for swappers to set up their displays. For more information or to reserve a space contact Ray Prater at (573) 341-2383, gbryl95@rollanet.org, or Ray Prater, CMMFGS, PO Box 1426, Rolla, MO 65402. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:01:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Aaron Fox Subject: Re: Lucky find.... > > Thank you for the *Lucky Find* report, let me know if you > need a dump truck to carry it in :~) I brought you back a chunk! ;-) Might need bolt cutters to go back, though. Maybe I can make an excuse to walk the pipeline again.... d. > > -- > Regards, > > Ron Winter, Auburn, Washington. > Administrator, Protection Paralegals. > FAA Liaison; AA Technical Electronics; Epistler. > In search of: The Mother of All Geodes! > www: http://home1.gte.net/corbomyt/ > mailto:corbomyt@gte.net > > "Coprolite Happens" > Copyright © Circa 2000 Ron Winter > ################################################################# > # To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # > # to with the following keys: # > # subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # > # To post, send mail to # > ################################################################# > afox@drizzle.com -- http://www.drizzle.com/~afox/ Cannot find REALITY.SYS: Universe halted ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 15:27:24 EDT From: Bozo5@aol.com Subject: Re: Kevin's Interpretation << Regarding the "open day" concept the small miner already faces an open day every time he is not present on the property. Having these open days may provide goodwill to the honest rockhounds but by no means solves his basic problem.>> If the mine were open to rockhounds who accepted certain rules (stay away from the eastern face, out of the shaft) they could act as police to keep others in line. They could say "The mine owner is nice enough to let us in here to look for zeolites, but he insists you not (insert prohibition here) so stop it". Better than nothing? << The mine owner can take his minerals to shows and sell them. The mere ability to buy minerals on site does not guarantee that you can collect. >> I would say it more strongly. The ability to buy minerals on site means that the _miner_ mines them so you cannot collect them. Minerals you collect are dollars out of his pocket. I think the assumption is that the rockhounds are taking something that is of low value to the mine owner. Either he would grind up the turquoise to extract the copper, or the azurite crystals are on the waste rock already sent to the dump. A rockhound will dig or break rock all day and be happy if he gets a mineral specimen worth 20 or 25 bucks retail. No way a miner would do that to get the same specimen worth 5 or 10 bucks wholesale. And what about all those thumbnail and micromount collectors? They get on their hands and knees with magnifying glasses. The specimens they collect are unwanted by even the smallest miner. Noone expects a gold-nugget-mine to be opened to rockhounds unless they are paying through the nose. What is the rate at the Himalaya now? $50 whether you find anything or not in three or four hours? Rockhounds are happy to pay it. Flint ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 12:41:04 -0700 From: Walter Mroch Subject: Rock Collecting in Oregon If anyone in Oregon can help please answer this email directly back and cc the list if you want. Thanks. >Reply-To: "Tom Poor" > > Hello, My family and I have just moved here >from Arkansas and we are >amateur rock hounds. Summer is coming and I have 3 boys I need to keep >busy. Can you tell me where I can take them to search for specimens for >their collections? We live in Point Roberts so we can go to Canada as >well as the states. I would like to stay in the mt. Baker area if >possible and not farther than Whistler in B.C. Thank you for any help you >can provide. Darlene Poor tdpoor@pointroberts.net > Walter Mroch Gem and Mineral Exploration Co. PMB #373 4141 Ball Road Cypress, CA 90630 Mineral Auctions http://www.gemandmineral.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 15:48:02 -0400 From: George Campbell Subject: Mine Collecting Greetings, One thing that strikes me in this discussion is that the subject of insurance has not been raised. I run a small business, not a mine, but my liability insurance is quite high, primarily due to the fact that I admit the public to my premises. I don't have a hazardous business at all, just a little museum and showroom, but admitting the public causes my insurance rate to be higher. Now, consider a mine. It's a hazardous place, to be sure, and most insurance underwriters wouldn't even considering writing a policy if the general public were allowed to come in and dig around. And if you could find a company to write the policy, it would be prohibitively expensive. So what about signed waivers? Well...over the years, the courts have ruled in ways that make your signed waiver of little value if you are injured while on the person's property. You cannot waive your rights to sue if there is negligence on the part of the property owner, so that doesn't help the mine owner or his insurance company. I suspect it is this liability problem that's the true reason for mines not allowing collecting, in most cases. Best wishes, George Campbell OsoSoft Mineral Connection www.osomin.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:01:37 -0700 From: "Jim and Carolyn Ebsary" Subject: Re: pebble pups This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_009B_01BFBE86.D976CD40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for all the definitions folks, now can we get back to the = original question.......:o) Jim ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jim and Carolyn Ebsary=20 To: rockhounds@drizzle.com=20 Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 10:17 PM Subject: pebble pups hello list I've been thinking about starting a bit of trading with clubs with = pebble pups of their very own. Our club won't be meeting again until = September, but if anybody is interested in setting up some pebble pup = trading with us, please contact me off list so we can discuss = particulars.=20 =20 cheers Jim Ebsary=20 - ------=_NextPart_000_009B_01BFBE86.D976CD40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Thanks for all the definitions folks, = now can we=20 get back to the original question.......:o)
 
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I've been thinking about starting a = bit of=20 trading with clubs with pebble pups of their very own.  Our = club=20 won't be meeting again until September, but if anybody is interested = in=20 setting up some pebble pup trading with us, please contact me off list = so we=20 can discuss particulars. 
 
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- ------=_NextPart_000_009B_01BFBE86.D976CD40-- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:10:41 -0700 From: "Ed Bomke" Subject: Re: Rock Collecting in Oregon If you are willing to drive to BC, the books "Gold, Gemstone & Mineral Sites of British Columbia" (vols 1 and 2) written by Rick Hudson (Orca Book Publishers) may be of interest. Volume 1 covers Vancouver Island, and vol 2 covers sites near the city of Vancouver. Volume 2 lists "over 250 sites in southwestern British Columbia", and was published last year. Very nicely organized, with details on each collecting locality. I can't wait to go up there to hunt around with *my* kids. Ed Bomke - ----- Original Message ----- From: Walter Mroch To: Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 12:41 PM Subject: Rock Collecting in Oregon > If anyone in Oregon can help please answer this email directly back and cc > the list if you want. Thanks. > > >Reply-To: "Tom Poor" > > > > > Hello, My family and I have just moved here >from Arkansas and we are > >amateur rock hounds. Summer is coming and I have 3 boys I need to keep > >busy. Can you tell me where I can take them to search for specimens for > >their collections? We live in Point Roberts so we can go to Canada as > >well as the states. I would like to stay in the mt. Baker area if > >possible and not farther than Whistler in B.C. Thank you for any help you > >can provide. Darlene Poor tdpoor@pointroberts.net > > > > Walter Mroch > Gem and Mineral Exploration Co. > PMB #373 > 4141 Ball Road > Cypress, CA 90630 > > Mineral Auctions http://www.gemandmineral.com > > > > > ################################################################# > # To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # > # to with the following keys: # > # subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # > # To post, send mail to # > ################################################################# > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:14:16 -0400 From: "Perreau, Denis_Pierre" Subject: RE: What Minerals Are Near You? Hi all ! In response to Kreigh Tomaszewski's post, I have the following minerals (and more) to trade; Calcites (2 varieties - limited quantities) Anthraxolite Serpentine (antigorite & chrysotile) Fault Mirror (Antigorite) Psilomelane (rare) Wollastonite Ilmenite Sphalerite For high resolution pictures of these minerals (800X600), go to the following address; http://www.clubphoto.com/ then type in my e-mail address "dpperreau@videotron.ca" in the left middle guest box to view my album of photos. Let's keep the trade procedure as simple as possible, After mutual acceptance, you send me a couple of pounds of what you have in abundance and I'll return the favor. NOTE: Anyone out there trades through VIDEOCONFERENCING (ICUII - NetMeeting - CuSeeMe) ? Denis_Pierre_Perreau Le Club de Mineralogie de Quebec http://www3.sympatico.ca/lbfortin/mineraux.html Personal web page web personnelle http://www.multimania.com/minerals Tel/Fax 1 418 624 1980 dpperreau@videotron.ca - -----Message d'origine----- De : owner-rockhounds@drizzle.com [mailto:owner-rockhounds@drizzle.com]De la part de Kreigh Tomaszewski Envoyé : 14 mai, 2000 22:20 À : rockhounds@drizzle.com Objet : What Minerals Are Near You? I'm curious about where list members are located, what mineral(s) are common in that area, and if any of you would be interested in trading what might be abundant near you for something others on the list have in their areas. We can't all be blessed with a wide variety, but its usually easy to collect something locally. What may be common to you might be exceptional to someone else. I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The only significant local mineral resources are gypsum and glacial gravel (that might contain anything). I would be willing to trade egg sized specimens of gypsum and selenite from the Alabastine mine that I have collected. Make me an offer. If you have a quantity of something collected locally to trade, please post to the list. If you want to arrange a specific trade with someone that has posted, please contact them off-list. And even if you don't have quantity (or anything) to trade, I'de still like to hear where you are from and what mineral(s) are common in your area (post to list). This list is a global resource. Lets make some use of it to enhance all our collections. Stop lurking, let the rest of us know you are out there, and what minerals are from your area. This list doesn't have to be all commercial! Kreigh Tomaszewski Mailto:Kreigh@Tomaszewski.net Please visit our family web pages at http://Tomaszewski.net ################################################################# # To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # # to with the following keys: # # subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # # To post, send mail to # ################################################################# ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:47:13 EDT From: Gslrocks@aol.com Subject: Re: What Minerals Are Near You? wel i"ll chime in here too.trying to finish catagorizing materials collected recently about one day or so away. from the trotter dump franklin nj Hydrozincite,willemite,calcite,hardystonite crazy calcite from Franklin nj willemite,calcite,microcline,hardystonite,sphalerite many more you can contact me at this email address Greg Lesinski ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 13:22:40 -0700 From: Tim Fisher Subject: Re: Rock Collecting in Oregon Pt. Roberts WA is practically in (and surrounded by ) British Columbia. Joe Bokor jbokor@cyberlink.bc.ca is the best person to help. Also try the WSMC home page members.aol.com/washminrl/wsmc.htm for Mt. Vernon possibilities. On 12:41 PM 5/15/00, Walter Mroch Said: >If anyone in Oregon can help please answer this email directly back and cc >the list if you want. Thanks. > > >Reply-To: "Tom Poor" > > > > > Hello, My family and I have just moved here >from Arkansas and we are > >amateur rock hounds. Summer is coming and I have 3 boys I need to keep > >busy. Can you tell me where I can take them to search for specimens for > >their collections? We live in Point Roberts so we can go to Canada as > >well as the states. I would like to stay in the mt. Baker area if > >possible and not farther than Whistler in B.C. Thank you for any help you > >can provide. Darlene Poor tdpoor@pointroberts.net > > > >Walter Mroch >Gem and Mineral Exploration Co. >PMB #373 >4141 Ball Road >Cypress, CA 90630 > >Mineral Auctions http://www.gemandmineral.com > > > > >################################################################# ># To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # ># to with the following keys: # ># subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # ># To post, send mail to # >################################################################# Tim Fisher Ore-Rock-On and Pacific Fishery Biologists WWW Sites Tim@OreRockOn.com WWW: http://OreRockOn.com See naked fish and rocks! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 19:14:34 -0400 From: Edward C DeWindt-Robson Subject: Re: What Minerals Are Near You? In 4-1/2 years of collecting, I have stockpiled quite a store of specimens. Here are some of the better quality and higher quantity minerals, all of which I am happy to share/swap. Many others are available, of course. >From North Carolina: epidote, pyrite, stilbite, laumontite, biotite, muscovite, siderite, almondine, actinolite, malachite, schorl. Also the following (mostly micro) minerals from the old Foote Mine dumps at King's Mountain, NC: bavenite, holmquistite, parsettensite, fluorapatite, albite, sericite. >From Virginia: strontianite, calcite, pyrite, pyrolusite, palygorskite, prehnite, stilbite, byssolite, unakite, zinnwaldite, ilmenite. >From Pennsylvania: stilbite, epidote, magnetite, prehnite, malachite, pyromorphite, andradite. >From other states (Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Alabama): iridescent hematite, kyanite, talc, brochantite, actinolite, graphite, franklinite, zincite, rhodonite, willemite, bustamite, goethite. What I'm looking for is mainly small specimens (min to mm) of relatively uncommon species, especially from places further away and/or closed localities. I don't mind sharing or swapping with newcomers (pretty much anybody greener than me). Patience is essential, however, as I'm seriously disorganized in spite of the Ritalin and trying to keep up with two jobs and two kids. Ed DeWindt-Robson Winston-Salem, NC ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:18:21 -0700 From: "Sherry Pauley" Subject: Re: Trip Report - Lava Mountains, CA Hi Erich, you have the link to the background image pointing to file:///C:/My%20Documents/web%20mirror/lemonyx.jpg in your html code. If you were to change it to lemonyx.jpg, it would work. Hey nice stuff! I found the image at: http://www.ridgenet.net/~erich/lemonyx.jpg And thanks for the report, I enjoyed it. Sherry www.opalvalley.com Subject: Trip Report - Lava Mountains, CA > Saturday I led the Indian Wells Valley Gem and Mineral Society on > a field trip to the Lava Mountains in search of lemon onyx. If you want some idea of what the material looks like, go to: > > http://www.ridgenet.net/~erich/lemonony.htm > > Erich > Erich > erich@ridgecrest.ca.us ------------------------------ End of rockhounds-digest V1 #446 ******************************** ################################################################# # To subscribe or unsubscribe to the Rockhoundz List, send mail # # to with the following keys: # # subscribe rockhounds (or) unsubscribe rockhounds # # rockhounds@drizzle.com | http://callisto.golder.com/rockhoundz# #################################################################